Emotion must be apparent on a speaker’s face. You don’t have to be declaiming on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, or shouting in the House of Commons, but the principle is the same. If you want to move your… Read More »The Power of Facial Mobility
Back to Basics Let’s get back to basics. Let’s get back to the Rule of Three. Ever been to London? Stop, look and listen should be paramount in your mind because the traffic goes the wrong way. Like spaghetti westerns?… Read More »Rule of Three
Go Ask Alex Honnold… …the guy who climbed the 3200 foot rock face of El Capitan in Yosemite National park without ropes, the “Greatest athletic feat of any kind EVER,” or so said the New York Times. For ten years… Read More »Go Ask Alex Honnold
How much detail should you include in a speech or presentation? You want to be sure that your talk is meaningful and covers all the bases. However, you don’t want to be so laborious that you lose listeners along the… Read More »How Much Detail Should You Include?
John Richardson offers this easy to digest outline for giving feedback. It’s valuable to people who need to guide others to be more effective. There are three forms of feedback: Appreciation: Encouragement, praise, acknowledgment. Focus on the individual, not the individual’s performance. Coaching: Advice intended… Read More »Feedback: 13 Ways to Help Improve People’s Performance
Is your opening interesting? If not, get busy or you’ll lose your audience. Churchill said that in order to deliver a good speech, you have to have a strong opening and a dynamic ending and you need to put those… Read More »10 Questions Speakers Need to Answer